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Financial services most at risk from disruption

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
The banking and financial services industry is uniquely placed to suffer most from the wave of digital disruption that is sweeping the world. That's according to Citi managing director of customer experience Linda Duncombe, who opened the Afiniation ...

Aberdeen beefs up local distribution team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
Aberdeen Asset Management has added an investment specialist to its distribution team. Josh Hall joins the fund manager from AMP Capital where he was senior product solutions manager for two and a half years. Hall has a range of experience in Australian ...

Club Plus Super appoints three senior execs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
Industry superannuation fund Club Plus Super has made three appointments to its management team. Nici Andronicus joins as head of strategic relationships, Gemma Dooley joins as head of investments and Lindy Hunt joins as head of legal, audit, risk and ...

Australian pre-retirees streets ahead of US

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
Industry bodies often say people's super savings will not fund a comfortable retirement, but new stats from the US show just how far ahead Australia is. Figures from US researcher Bankrate show that 26% of Americans ages 50 to 54 have no savings. That ...

BlackRock hires senior analyst from UBS

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
BlackRock has hired an experienced analyst from UBS to join its Australian fundamental equities team. Sam Theodore is joining BlackRock as a director. He has 12 years' experience as an analyst and was previously head of gaming and engineering & contractors ...

Expect slow "boil" Fed hikes: Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has delayed the interest rate lift off; supporting Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass' view that tightening will be drawn out over many years. Presenting to some 800 advisers at Sydney's Westin Hotel ...

Ellerston named hedge fund of the year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
The Ellerston Australian Market Neutral Fund has taken home the 2015 Australian Hedge Fund of the Year award. Hedge funds of all styles and sizes were recognised at the Hedge Funds Rock event in Sydney's glitzy Ivy Ballroom. Ellerston also collected ...

Mortgage Choice pulls comparator platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
Home loan broker Mortgage Choice has pulled its online comparator platform, helpmechoose.com.au (HMC), after a strategic review. In the company's full year result announcement, chief executive John Flavell said the distribution tool failed to live ...

GBST managing director to retire

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
The managing director and chief executive of industry software provider GBST has announced he wishes to retire. Stephen Lake, who has been with the company since 2001, informed the board that he will remain in the role while a successor is found and ...

Key executives depart ANZ ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
Two executives have stepped down from their roles as co-heads of ANZ ETFs, the joint venture between ANZ and ETF Securities. Only four months after announcing the partnership, ANZ ETFs co-head and head of distribution Danny Laidler and co-head and chief ...